Will give us the overview of the book, jack will give us some comments on the book and we will take it from there and tried to yield as many of your questions as possible and you can submit those questions through the event page or over twitter, facebook or youtube using the cato events. First our first guest is her author Saikrishna Prakash, the distinguished professor of law at the university of virginia as well as a senior fellow at uba center for the study of the presidency and is one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is the henry l professor of law at harvard, someone who youre probably aware has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile extremely tense ten year in the Bush Administration office of legal capital during a key early. In the work. Jack is one of ou
For later today at 1 30 p. M. Eastern. We also expect more floor speeches on policing reforms after Senate Republicans introduced their bill yesterday. Now, live to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hearts are steadfast toward you. Lead us safely to the refuge of your choosing, for you desire to give us a future and a hope. Lord, provide us with grateful hearts to appreciate your mercies that are new each day. Today, give our senators the power to do your will, as they realize more fully that they are servants of heaven and stewards of your mysteries. Give them your perspective on their daily tasks and every decision they must make. Remind them that people usually dont care how much you know until they know how much you care. May faithfulness to you become the litmus test by which they evaluate each action. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The
I will start by introducing our guests to give us an overview of the book and then with some comments and me will take it from there to get as many of your questions as possible and then to submit those to the event page or through twitter or facebook or youtube using cato events james monroe distinguished professor at the university of virginia as well as the senior fellow for the study of presidency and one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is professor of law at harvard and someone who has executive branch from the inside during the high profile extremely tense tenure in the Bush Administration of Legal Counsel during a key early. On the war on terror he is one of the most thoughtful commentators on the modern presidency it looks like the terror presidency and his latest book highly recommended is in hafez shadow on the last inperson Public Events
202 7488001. , 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. We welcome your facebook posts as well. More decisions are expected today from the court. The decision coming down at 10 00 eastern, a 54 decision. Those five voting in the majority in the louisiana case. Breyer,stice roberts, kagan, ginsberg and sotomayor. Thomas,inority, alito, gorsuch and kavanaugh. The reporting this morning of richard wolf, usa today. The headline, High Court Rejects louisiana abortion restrictions. A narrowly divided Supreme Court struck down state restrictions monday for the second time in four years, signaling its conservative shift under President Trump has not eliminated a deep split over abortion rights. Ruled 54 that a louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals would unduly burden women. John roberts cast the deciding vote, though he did not sign onto the lead opinion endorsed the courts four liberals justices. Reached th
Especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of an equally excellent previous book, imperial from the beginning the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is the henry l. Shaddock professor of law at harvard and someone who, as youre probably aware, has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile, extremely tense tenure in the bush Administrations Office of Legal Counsel during a key early period in the war on terror. Jack is one of our most thoughtful commentators on the modern presidency in venues like the atlantic and books like the terror Prime Minister city and presidency and power and constraint. His latest book is in hoffas shadow, one of the last inperson events we had at cato back in early march before the lockdown so, jack, thanks for coming back so soon if only virtually. Sai, im also a great add meurer of your admirer of your previous book, imperial from the beginning, but if youll forgive me for saying so, i think its on